Sand-band for vehicle-wheels



(No Model.)

S. J. GELUSHA. SAND BAND FOR VEHICLE WHEELS.

Patented Aug. 11, 1891.

a Z -M t e m 2 M u a m m Hm 7 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL GELUSHA, OF STARKVILLE, NEW' YORK.

SAND-BAND FOR VEHlCLE-WH EELS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 457,511, dated August 11, 1891.

Application filed January 9, 1891. Serial No. 377,203. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL J. GELUSHA, a citizen of the United States, residing at the town of Starkville, in the county of Herkimer and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hub and Axle Hoods or Sand-Bands; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention hasrelation to improvements in sand-bands; and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement and combination of parts, whereby the protector or hood can be readily attached and detached from an axle and hub of a wheel, all as will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

The annexed drawings, to which reference is made, fully illustrate my invention, in which Figure 1 represents a side viewof axle, showing my device in section; and Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the same.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates an ordinary wheelhub, and B is the axle thereof.

C represents a hood consistingof the semicircular portion a, which partially surrounds the hub, and a vertical portion 17, havinga slot or cut-away portion 0, forming a flange in rear of the hub. Secured to the rear portion or face of the hood is an extension d, which is U-shaped in cross-section and fits snugly upon the axle, and is held thereon by aspringclamp e, which is constructed with thumbpiecesff and shoulders g g, which latter, when the clamp is put on over the extension of the hood, snap beneath the axle, and thereby holding said extension with its hood thereto. \Vhen it is desired to remove the hood, the

spring-clamp is opened by the thumb-pieces,

axle, and it is ornamental, durable, quickly and easily applied to the axle, and at the same time cheap to manufacture.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with the hub A and axle B, of. the hood 0, having the cut-away portion 0 thereof, the U-shaped extension (Z, and downwardly-projecting flange 6, said extension d and flange 1) formed integral with the hood 0, and the spring clamp 6, having thumb-pieces ff and shoulders g g, whereby when the clamp e is placed over the extension of the hood they snap under the axle,

thereby holding the extension with its hoodto the axle, all constructed, arranged, and operated substantially as herein described, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL J. GELUSHA. \Vituesses: JOSIAH SNELL, W. H. VAN STEENBERGH. 

